Ryan Knudson

That is one impressive mustache. Thank you. Dutch's mustache is long, straight, and points directly out to the sides.

The first sign that Dutch's life was about to be turned upside down happened last spring.

The first sign that Dutch's life was about to be turned upside down happened last spring.

The first sign that Dutch's life was about to be turned upside down happened last spring.

Other weird things happened too. Like his computer slowed down to the point where he couldn't even use it. And then he got a suspicious login notification to his work account that he didn't recognize. But July is when he knew something was really up. That's when he got a message on Discord, a platform popular with gamers.

Other weird things happened too. Like his computer slowed down to the point where he couldn't even use it. And then he got a suspicious login notification to his work account that he didn't recognize. But July is when he knew something was really up. That's when he got a message on Discord, a platform popular with gamers.

Other weird things happened too. Like his computer slowed down to the point where he couldn't even use it. And then he got a suspicious login notification to his work account that he didn't recognize. But July is when he knew something was really up. That's when he got a message on Discord, a platform popular with gamers.

The thing that caught his attention was that the message included details from a conversation he'd had on his work Slack account. It was a chat about his lunch.

The thing that caught his attention was that the message included details from a conversation he'd had on his work Slack account. It was a chat about his lunch.

The thing that caught his attention was that the message included details from a conversation he'd had on his work Slack account. It was a chat about his lunch.

Slack was Disney's internal messaging platform at the time, and it's supposed to be private. No one outside the company should have been able to see those messages.

Slack was Disney's internal messaging platform at the time, and it's supposed to be private. No one outside the company should have been able to see those messages.

Slack was Disney's internal messaging platform at the time, and it's supposed to be private. No one outside the company should have been able to see those messages.

Dutch came to the conclusion that he'd been hacked. He got in touch with Disney's information security team, or InfoSec. It responds to the company's IT emergencies.

Dutch came to the conclusion that he'd been hacked. He got in touch with Disney's information security team, or InfoSec. It responds to the company's IT emergencies.

Dutch came to the conclusion that he'd been hacked. He got in touch with Disney's information security team, or InfoSec. It responds to the company's IT emergencies.

Dutch says InfoSec looked into it and said his work laptop looked fine and that it should check his personal computer. So Dutch ran an antivirus program.

Dutch says InfoSec looked into it and said his work laptop looked fine and that it should check his personal computer. So Dutch ran an antivirus program.

Dutch says InfoSec looked into it and said his work laptop looked fine and that it should check his personal computer. So Dutch ran an antivirus program.

Vision LLM, that AI plugin Dutch had downloaded so that his kids could generate images of Easter bunnies and Roblox characters. That program had a hidden virus.